Freeview Light on the Eardiston (Worcestershire, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Eardiston (Worcestershire, England) transmitter which serves less than 500 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Eardiston (Worcestershire, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The Eardiston (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Eardiston transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C54 (738.0MHz) | 121m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) West Midlands, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 19 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C49 (698.0MHz) | 121m | DTG- | 2W |
 3 ITV 1 (SD) (Central (West micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) Midlands ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 Midlands ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Central west), | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C58 (770.0MHz) | 121m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD West Midlands, 102 BBC Two HD England, 103 ITV 1 HD (ITV Central West), 104 Channel 4 HD Midlands ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 107 BBC Three HD, 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The Eardiston (Worcestershire, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama +1, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies extra, GREAT! movies, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, That's 90s, That's Christmas, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, W, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Eardiston transmitter?
BBC Midlands Today 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 1RF, 40km east-northeast (63°)
to BBC West Midlands region - 66 masts.
ITV Central News 2.9m homes 10.9%
from Birmingham B1 2JT, 40km east-northeast (62°)
to ITV Central (West) region - 65 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 80% evening news is shared with Central (East)
How will the Eardiston (Worcestershire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 1 Mar 2018- | |||||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | |||||
| C49tv_off | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||||||
| C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | BBCA | BBCA | ||||
| C58tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | ||||
| C61 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
| C64 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 6 Apr 11 and 20 Apr 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Friday, 27 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:15 yesterday to 09:21 yesterday, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:15 yesterday to 09:21 yesterday. [BBC]
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Saturday, 28 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:08 AM
6:08 AM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:15 on 26 Jul to 09:21 on 26 Jul, HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 07:15 on 26 Jul to 09:21 on 26 Jul. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:07 PM
12:07 PM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:01 today to 09:30 today. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:01 yesterday to 09:30 yesterday. [BBC]
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Thursday, 9 August 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 09:01 on 07 Aug to 09:30 on 07 Aug. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:29 AM
5:29 AM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:16 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
3:07 PM
3:07 PM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:16 today to 09:25 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 27 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:16 yesterday to 09:25 yesterday. [BBC]
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Friday, 28 September 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:07 AM
6:07 AM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: HD Digital TV Reduced Quality from 00:16 on 26 Sep to 09:25 on 26 Sep. [BBC]
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Thursday, 11 October 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 PM
6:06 PM
EARDISTON transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air from 15:46 today to 15:48 today. [BBC]
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